On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:50:37 -0400, Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Every time I saw what SPOOL stood for, I laughed at the people who >>pretended that it was better to have an acronym than have it mean >>"spool". I wondered if it was for copyright purposes, and whether >>that would hold up in court. >> >Howard, I don't understand your point. The term "spool" as we use it >today came from somewhere. I don't know for sure if that ancrnym is the >primal source, but it is as good as any. People have been spooling line for centuries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
